The jury is in!

February has been an exciting month here at Scholastic: in addition to revealing the first of seven new Harry Potter covers and celebrating Clifford the Big Red Dogs 50th birthday, weve been eagerly awaiting the results of the 2013 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. (We cant wait to see the incredible work that students in grades 7-12 submitted this year!) Below is a guest post from our friends at the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, who have been busy with judging.
What a year! The 2013 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards received more than 230,000 student works in 27 categories of art and writing  20% more than last year! Over 60,000 students received regional awards and 15,000 Gold Key works were reviewed on the national level earlier this month. As we wrap up this years judging process, we want to congratulate all students and teachers who participated in the 90th anniversary year of the Scholastic Awards. We also want to give a big thank you to the incredible artists and writers who helped us judge this years submissions.This years jurors included Awards alum Red Grooms, Fantasy writer and alum Peter S. Beagle, curators Matthew Higgs and Nora Halpern, photographer Andres Serrano, and artist Cat Mazza just to name a few!
National Award winners will be announced on our website on March 15! You can click here to see what the jurors had to say about this years art submissions, and here to view a slideshow of behind-the-scenes photos from the judging process. Congrats to all the regional winners!